The police in Kiboga district have in custody one suspect accused of murdering an 11-year-old girl for a possible ritual activity.

SP Racheal Kawala, the Wamala regional police spokesperson, has identified the suspect as Madinah Nakyeyune, 42, a resident of Kirurumba cell, Kiboga town council, Kiboga district.

She identified the deceased as Oliver Namanda, aged 11 years, a pupil at FAIR Way Nursery School and a resident of Buzibwera Cell, Kiboga District.

Police preliminary findings indicate that on June 10, 2024, the deceased left home to Kiboga town to vend boiled fresh maize but did not return home.

“A case was reported to police on June 11, 2024, and search efforts started. On June 12, 2024, at around 1130hrs, the body parts of Namanda were seen by a young boy that had gone to collect some grass for animals in Kibanja of Mr. Sekandi in Kirurumba cell and informed the parents,” said Kawala.

According to her, police visited the crime and found that the internal organs, including the lungs and heart, among others, had been removed from the body.

“The abdomen was cut off from the legs. However, the two legs were all abandoned at the crime scene,” Kawala narrated.

Kawala, a canine dog that was introduced to the scene of the crime, led police into a shrine at Kirurumba Cell belonging to Madinah Nakyeyune.

The deceased body was recovered and taken to the Kiboga hospital mortuary pending a post-mortem, and the suspect is currently being detained at the Kiboga police station.